20th Century
Death on the Sapphire: A Lady Frances Ffolkes Mystery
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Lady Frances Ffolkes is an extremely busy woman. Along with chairing the Women’s Political Equality movement, meetings with the Ladies’…
The Age of Treachery: A Duncan Forrester Mystery
World War II has ended, and Special Operations Executive Agent Duncan Forrester is teaching ancient history at Oxford College. As…
The Skipper’s Dog Called Stalin (A Harry Gilmour Novel)
The unsinkable Harry Gilmour is off on a new adventure in the turbulent spring of 1941. Gilmour, a west-coast Scot,…
Richard’s Feet
This is the fictional memoir, ostensibly written in 1968, of Richard Thurgo who has led a most intriguing life. He…
Dressed for Death
The newest Drew Farthering mystery is set in a British manor house belonging to the parents of Drew’s college chum.…
Miss Jane
This is the story of Miss Jane Chisolm, a girl born in rural Mississippi with a rare genital defect that…
Valley of the Moon
Lux is a single mom, with a penchant for making bad life decisions, living in the San Francisco area in…
Darktown
In 1948, the city of Atlanta hires its first African-American police officers. Although uniformed and armed, the eight new officers…
The Women of the Souk: A Mamur Zapt Mystery Set in Pre-World War I Egypt
In 1913, on a hot, sand-stormy day in Cairo, Captain Gareth Owen, the Mamur Zapt (Head of the Secret Police)…
Bamboo Heart
In the late 1930s, Tom Ellis has found his perfect niche in Penang as overseer of United Rubber. He is…
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